| Seq #135 | Thursday, 11 March 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:30 PM-2:30 PM Hawaii Convention Center 316-A, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nanotechnology for Bone-Titanium Integration Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sponsored by: Dental Materials, Implantology Research, Mineralized Tissue, Prosthodontics Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: The worldwide emergence of nanoscale science and engineering was marked by the announcement of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in 2000. Nanotechnology provides the tools and technology platforms for the biologic research and enables novel biological modeling for structures and tissues. The proposed symposia will address potential application and relevance of nanotechnology for improving bone-titanium integration by illustrating the recent progress in multidisciplinary research in nanoscale area. Prof. Webster (Purdue University, USA) addresses the design, synthesis, and evaluation of nanophase (that is, materials with fundamental length scales less than 100 nm) materials as more effective biomedical implants to regenerate bone. Prof. Woloschak (Northwestern University, USA) reports biological applications of TiO2-DNA nanocomposites including their ability for gene delivery. Prof. Ogawa (UCLA, USA) describes nanobiomechanical evaluation of mineralized tissue associated with titanium and transcriptional modifications. Prof. Jansen (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands) focuses on fabrication and effectiveness of nanostructured titanium implant surfaces for bone integration. All these topics promise revolutionary advances in bone-titanium integration research and bone medicine. This symposium is supported by 3i Implant Innovations, Inc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairperson: T. OGAWA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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